Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
...work is an outgrowth of our interest in developing materials that both sense and decontaminate chemical or biological weapons," said senior author Alan J. Russell, Ph.D., professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the university's McGowan Institute for Regenerative ...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
...ducts, such as morphine, allowing us to supply raw materials for the manufacture of other pharmaceutical ingredients," says Tasmanian Alkaloids' Manager of Agricultural Research, Dr Tony Fist. Tasmania already grows over 40 per cent of the world's legal poppy crops and Norman will ensure Tasmania stays an inte...Groundbreaking research could ignite new solutions to heat transfer in nano-devices
...f Scranton. "In nanotechnology, researchers design materials whose properties originate in clusters of molecules on the nanometer level. This research can be used to help us better understand how molecules interact on these dimensions." The faculty and students involved were Dr. Deak and his undergraduate stud...New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...enter and to understand the large-scale cycling of materials from the seafloor to the Earth's interior and back again," Fisher said. The Lau Basin site is unique by virtue of its being a back-arc basin, where spreading splits the ocean floor apart very close to a volcanic arc. The way the geology works in a b...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
... Schuller, a physicist, will be honored in the materials research category for creating the field of metall... superlattices and recognizing the impact of these materials on magnetism and superconductivity. Schuller is a professor of physics in the Division of Physical ...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...ght how computing, biotechnology and chemicals and materials are converging to create new technologies and business opportunities, examining what they mean for three companies, including DuPont, in different but intersecting fields. The 2004 TR100's panel of judges includes senior executives from the followin...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...on, control of nanoscale defects in manufacturing, materials processing and sensor technology, the NSF grant creates a collaboration between the mechanical and electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, philosophy and political science departments at the university, as well as industry and partner universitie...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...ugh the air making many common items and building materials dangerous weapons. The DuPont TM StormRoom TM with Kevlar is an in-home storm shelter, available in several rectangular configurations, that features DuPont TM Kevlar sheathing built inside reinforced wall panels. When properly installed, the sh...Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
...eight. But combining biological and non-biological materials in one device has stymied researchers in the past. Biological materials need water and salt to survive-both are deadly for electronics. FROM WET TO DRY A new twist in...New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
...ful enough to create a whole new language from raw materials such as gestures? According to Senghas and her colleagues, the Nicaraguan case shows that it is. Senghas' coauthors are Sotaro Kita of the University of Bristol in Bristol, England and Asl zyrek of Nijmegen University and Max Planck Institute for Psy...AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
...f cellular and molecular components and engineered materials typically clusters of atoms, molecules and molecular fragments at the most elemental level of biology. Such nanoscale objects can be useful by themselves or as part of larger devices containing multiple nanoscale objects. The new effort is designed...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...esulting in new high-strength and high-performance materials used for biomedical applications. In 2002, Kaplan and his colleagues from Tufts' schools of engineering and medicine developed a tissue engineering strategy to repair one of the world's most common knee injuries -- ruptured anterior cruciate...DuPont developing new protective suits for military, first responders
...ainst terrorism with the development of protective materials that are resistant to chemical and biological agents. The suits are targeted for use by U.S. soldiers, firefighters, and other first responders. Early feedback from wearers has been positive. The U.S. government has awarded nearly $2.5 million t...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
... to manufacture, using some commercially available materials and new processes, and is highly conductive, to na...es. McGrath's group has been developing fuel cell materials for about five years with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and others, including a...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2004
... organic polymers. Semiconductors based on organic materials such as polymers are more suited to a range of practical applications than the more conventional and more inflexible inorganic crystals. Computer models predicted, and laboratory experiments using ink-jet methods confirmed, that dilute polymer soluti...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...se. The challenge is to create reliable, effective materials to use that part of the spectrum the plant is not interested in using to produce power that can be put on a grid as well as operate the greenhouse." Commercial interest has been expressed in this project. Vipin is currently based at th...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...nce and provision of so much energy and industrial materials for human societies. "Arabidopsis is still the plant model that will first give us the basic answers to how plants function," Strauss said. "But it is very exciting to see the knowledge it is yielding being applied to trees, such an important and dif...Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat
...re. Hill and her Purdue researchers are preparing materials that will be the foundation of the sequencing project, she said. She already has begun extracting RNA from ticks at different stages of their lifecycle and from different tissues in the tick. These samples will provide the scientists with the first c...Battle between bubbles might have started evolution
...n why cells would compete with one another for the materials necessary to expand their size. "We proposed that the genetic material could drive the growth of cells just by virtue of being there," he said. "As the RNA exerts an osmotic pressure on the inside of these little membrane vesicles, this internal pre...Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
.... "The conference provides an opportunity for the materials science and biotech communities of the world to come together. And the proximity to Asia means that many members of that community will attend and mix with Europeans and Americans." During the "Nanodevices" portion of the symposium, as part of ses...